About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: Since the Lord had it on my heart to write this blog, I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.
By 2/20/26 All Chapters of the Bible [in Smaller Chunks] Will Be Posted. If you want to read any chapters, just Click the desired Book of the Bible on the Right, and Click on the chapters of that Book of the Bible you want to read. My personal recommendation for those who are just beginning reading the Bible, is to start in the New Testament first.

2 Samuel 17:1-29 Hushi’s Advice to Undermine Absalom

 

Hushi’s Advice to Undermine Absalom

2 Samuel 17:1-29       The Book of 2 Samuel [in Smaller Chunks]

[Also,] Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose 12,000 men, & I will [rise] [up] & pursue after David this night. And I will come upon him while he is [tired] & weak & [I] will make him afraid, & all the people with him shall flee. 

I will [kill] only the man, whom you [seek,] king [David,] & I will bring back all the people to you, & [it] shall [soon] be, as if all the people returned [to you,] in peace. And [this] saying pleased Absalom, & all the elders of Israel. 

Then, Absalom said, Call Hushai, the Archite, now, & [let's also] hear what he [says.] When Hushai [came] to Absalom, Absalom [said] to him, Ahithophel [has] spoken [this.] Shall we do [what he said?] If not, you [need to] speak [up.]

Hushai said to Absalom, The [advice] Ahithophel [has] given isn’t good at this time. Hushai said, You [know] your father & his men [are] mighty men, & [are enraged like] a bear robbed of her [cubs] in the field. 

And your father is a man of war, & won’t lodge, [a.k.a. camp,] with the people. [See,] he is now [hidden] in some pit, or other place. And it will [happen,] when some of [the king's men are] overthrown, at [the beginning,] that [whoever hears] it will say, There is a slaughter among the people, [who] follow Absalom.

And [king David,] is also valiant, whose heart is [like the heart of a lion, & [his heart] shall [totally] melt. For all Israel [knows] that your father is a mighty man, & [those who are] with him are valiant men.

Therefore, I [suggest] that all Israel from Dan to BeerSheba [is] gathered to you, [like] the sand of the [seashore in number, so] that you go to battle [in] person.

So, we shall come upon him in some place, where he shall be found, [by us,] & we will [fall] upon him [like] the dew [falls upon] the ground, & there shall not be left, so much as 1 of all the men, [who] are there with him.

[Additionally,] if he [has gone] into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, & we will [drag] it into the river, until not 1 small stone [is left unturned, until we find David.]

Absalom & all the men of Israel said, The [advice] of Hushai, the Archite, is better than [Ahithophel’s.] For the Lord [God] had [intended] to defeat [Ahithophel’s] good [advice, in order] that the Lord might bring [harm] upon Absalom. 

Then, Hushai said to: Zadok & Abiathar, the priests, [This [is] [Ahithophel’s advice to] Absalom & the elders of Israel. And [this] [is what] I have [advised.] Therefore, now quickly, send & tell David, saying, [Don’t camp] [& spend] this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily [cross] over; lest the king & all the people with him [are] swallowed up, [a.k.a. overpowered.]

Now, Jonathan & Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they [dared] not be seen [coming] into the city. And a [woman] went & told them; & they went & told king David.

[Still,] a lad saw them, & told Absalom, but they both [got themselves] away quickly, & came to a man’s house in Bahurim, [who] had a well in his [courtyard,  where] they went down [into the well.] 

And the woman took & spread a covering over the well’s mouth, & spread ground corn [on it,] [so that this] thing wasn’t known. And when Absalom’s servants came to the house, to the woman, they said, Where [are] Ahimaaz & Jonathan? 

And the woman said to them, They [have] gone over the brook of water. And when they had [searched] & couldn’t find them, they returned to Jerusalem. And it [happened,] after they departed, that [Ahimaaz & Jonathan] came up, out of the well.

[They] went & told king David, & said, Arise & [cross] quickly over the water, [since] Ahithophel [has advised] against you. Then, David & all the people, [who] were with him arose, & they [crossed] over [the] Jordan; by the morning light, & there wasn’t 1 of them [who hadn’t] gone over [the] Jordan [River.]

And when Ahithophel saw that his [advice] wasn’t followed, he saddled his [mule,] & arose, & [got himself] home to his house, [in] his city, & put his household in order, & [hung] himself. [Ahithophel] died, & was buried in the [tomb] of his father. 

Then, David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, & all [his] men [from] Israel [crossed] over Jordan with him. And Absalom made Amasa [the] captain of the [army] instead of Joab. Amasa was [Ithra’s] son, an Israelite man, [who was intimate with] Abigail, the daughter of Nahash, & [was the] sister [of] Zeruiah, [who was] Joab’s mother.

So, Absalom & Israel pitched [tents] in the land of Gilead. And it [happened,] when David [came] to Mahanaim, that Shobi, the son of Nahash [from] Rabbah, of the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Ammon; Machir, [Ammiel’s] son, [from] Lodebar, & Barzillai, the Gileadite, [from] Rogelim, brought [the following items.] 

[They] brought: beds, [basins, & clay containers,] & wheat, barley, flour, [dried corn,] beans, lentils & [dried grain,] honey, butter, & cheese [from:] sheep, &  [cow’s] [milk,] for: David, & the people [who] were with him, to eat. For they said, The people [are] [surely] hungry, [tired,] & thirsty, in the wilderness.

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